Articles published on Thursday, January 23, 2020
Over 100 employees of the Russian-owned Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) have been laid off effective from today and the company has informed employees that the downsizing of operations is a result of a “fuel shortage.”
The European Union today announced the deployment of its March 2 election observer mission here.
(Trinidad Newsday) PRESIDENT of the Zoological Society (ZSTT) Gupte Lutchmedial said the female tapir rescued from Penal was part of an increase in the trade of trafficked animals.
PhD Zoology candidate at The University of the West Indies, Nicholas Mohammed, is calling on the public to report sightings of the vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) on farms in Trinidad and Tobago.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Retired Jamaican sprinting legend Usain Bolt and his long-time girlfriend Kasi Bennett are expecting their first child.
(Jamaica Observer) A distraught St James mother is now seeking answers after the lifeless body of her daughter was discovered in the male bathroom of a warehousing distribution company in the Montego Bay Free Zone on Tuesday morning.
(Jamaica Star) Last October, Joan Richardson went home and saw her roof in bits and pieces on the floor.
A 21-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with the theft of a baby from his mother in October last year.
BEIJING, (Reuters) – China put on lockdown today two cities at the epicentre of a new coronavirus outbreak that has killed 17 people and infected nearly 600, as health authorities around the world scramble to prevent a global pandemic.
THE HAGUE, (Reuters) – The International Court of Justice today ordered Myanmar to take urgent measures to protect its Rohingya population from atrocities, a ruling hailed as a “triumph of international justice” by the tiny African country that brought the case.
President David Granger yesterday met three members of the United States Congress at the Ministry of the Presidency and assured them that the March 2nd General and Regional elections will be free and fair.
The man accused of killing his 19-year-old wife in 2011 was yesterday sentenced to 15 years in prison after confessing to the act.
Access to justice for residents of East Bank Demerara (EBD) has been broadened with the opening of the $143.5 million Diamond/Golden Grove Magistrates’ Court.
Citibank, the New York, USA-headquartered consumer division of financial services multinational, Citigroup is exploring establishing a presence in Guyana says Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr Karen Cummings.
The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) have clinched a MoU which will allow for the exchange of information and intelligence relating to subjects suspected to be involved in or convicted of committing drug-related offences.
Four Mon Repos cattle farmers say they may be forced to sell their cattle after the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA), without notice, and without providing them with an alternative, suddenly reclaimed land they were given to use as pastures, and levelled the grass thereon.
At the hearing of the appeal to a 37-year sentence for sexually assaulting a child, Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack said that the penalty imposed upon Linton Pompey was especially warranted given the specific circumstances of the case.
The two men accused of killing Mohamed Abdool Shameer in a boat collision on the Pomeroon River several years ago walked out of the High Court in Essequibo yesterday as free men after a judge upheld a no-case submission made by their attorney.
A fifty-four-year-old resident of Herstelling died on Tuesday morning after the garbage truck he was working on crushed him.
A sense of great anticipation was birthed when Guyanese duo Kevlon Anderson and Ashmead Nedd departed Guyana to join their Caribbean counterparts to contest the 2020 ICC under – 19 World Cup in South Africa.
Quacy Walker who was on trial in the High Court in Berbice for a 2015 Berbice River murder was on Tuesday found not guilty.
Ronaldo Alimohamed has replaced Raymon Reifer in the Guyana Jaguars squad for their match against Trinidad and Tobago Red Force today at Providence in the West Indies Professional Cricket League.
The case file on the investigation into the death of Strathspey septuagenarian Deochand Ramsai, who was brutally beaten during an attack on his family on Sunday morning has been sent for legal advice, Regional Commander Royston Andries-Junor said.
A couple of years ago, there was a lot of hype surrounding Kaysan Ninvalle; he was one of Guyana’s most exciting junior table tennis players who copped Caribbean honours, winning the Caribbean under – 11 title in Jamaica during 2016.
The autopsy performed yesterday on the body of a young man who was pulled from the Canal Number Two Conservancy on Monday night after he went jet skiing has ruled that the man died from drowning.
Tokyo Olympic Games hopeful, Leslain Baird returned to the competitive throwing on Sunday when the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) staged its second ‘Development Meet’ at the McKenzie Sports Club ground.
The likes of Regan Pollard, Denis Dias, Tony Farnum, and David Fernandes will don Guyana’s national colours in the inaugural BCQS International Guyana Masters Squash Championship which serves off today from 17:00hrs at the Georgetown Club Squash court.
Bids were on Tuesday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the provision of security services for the Botanical Gardens and Zoological Park.
Female national and Caribbean badminton champion Priyanna Ramdhani continued her impressive start to 2020 by copping another international medal while her brother Narayan was also a podium finisher following the duo’s participation in last weekend’s 2019/2020 ACAC Badminton tournament in Alberta, Canada.
The three suspects who were held in connection with the murder of East La Penitence resident Richard Fresco have been released from police custody, Regional Commander Edgar Thomas yesterday confirmed.
The Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association [GABA], the largest association under the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation [GABF] umbrella, will stage its electoral congress on Sunday.
Having spent the last 19 months on remand for committing an offence which carries a maximum penalty of 18 months behind bars, 25-yesr-old Hemchand Kenswain walked out of the High Court in Georgetown a free man.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Tamas Ajan will stand aside as president of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) for 90 days pending investigations into allegations of corruption, the governing body said in a statement yesterday.
The trial of a man accused of murdering a Festival City father of one in 2015 is set to commence today at the High Court.
Massive drainage works are being undertaken in the flood-prone community of Alexander Village, Georgetown by the Mayor and City Council.
A Dairy resident accused of armed robbery was yesterday remanded to prison by a Georgetown Magistrate.
Dear Editor, The news that GECOM plans to make ninety-one thousand alterations to the “addresses” of the persons on the Revised Voters List (RVL), after the end of the statutorily provided processes of public scrutiny, must have shocked the conscience of every right thinking Guyanese.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Fit-again all-rounder Deandra Dottin is poised to play her first international in 12 months after being recalled to the Caribbean side for next month’s Women’s Twenty20 World Cup in Australia.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Democrats accused President Donald Trump at his impeachment trial yesterday of a corrupt scheme to pressure Ukraine to help him get re-elected and warned that America’s global prestige would suffer if the U.S.
JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – England paceman Jofra Archer will get one more day to prove his fitness for a place in the team for the final test against South Africa but he is staking a strong claim for a recall, assistant coach Graham Thorpe said yesterday.
A man who told the court that he “box up” his spouse because she was “up in his face”, will now be spending the next five months behind bars.
Dear Editor, A Guyanese proverb states, “Is when yuh own bug bite yuh.Yuh
BEIJING, (Reuters) – China is putting on lockdown a city of 11 million people considered the epicenter of the new coronavirus outbreak that has killed 17 and infected nearly 600 people, as health authorities around the world work to prevent a global pandemic.
Dear Editor, Observations are of strange, though not unexpected, developments in the outlook and behaviours of a small, but growing, number of citizens.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australian Open contenders Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer recorded impressive wins to reach the third round at Melbourne Park yesterday.
An East Coast Demerara businessman was on Tuesday evening held at gunpoint and relieved of $300,000 cash.
SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.N. experts have demanded an immediate investigation by U.S.
Dear Editor, The GAWU has seen again Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, even in his last days in the post, still singing his tuneless song.
A man who says he uses narcotics to alleviate stress was yesterday remanded to prison while the Acting Chief Magistrate awaits a probation report for sentencing.
Damian Lillard was in the middle of a postgame television interview on Monday night when teammate CJ McCollum doused him with a cup of water in an attempt to cool him down.
LISBON, (Reuters) – Angola’s billionaire former first daughter, Isabel dos Santos, has decided to sell her stake in Portuguese bank Eurobic, the small lender said yesterday.
Dear Editor, Allow me to express my sincere sympathies to the Catholic Diocese of Georgetown on the passing of Fr.
An 18-year-old man was granted bail on Thursday after he denied stealing almost $200,000 worth in articles from a woman.
MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – Manchester United’s Champions League qualification hopes suffered a blow with a 2-0 upset at home to Burnley in the Premier League yesterday, as the Old Trafford fans vented their anger at the club’s U.S.
Dear Editor, The minority arm of the coalition is silent on the call made by a leading member of the majority arm concerning supporters at polling stations at the close of polls on elections night.
JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South African players can look forward to playing “street-smart” cricket when Quinton de Kock takes over as captain next month.
A youth was remanded to prison after facing two charges of illegal possession of a firearm.
KINGSTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, on a visit to Jamaica yesterday, cautioned nations against taking “easy money” from China, warning it could be counterproductive, in a second attack in as many days against China’s economic role in the region.
LIMA, (Reuters) – A Peruvian judge ruled that the government exclude an indigenous region of the Amazon near the border with Brazil from any oil exploration and exploitation, a legal group said yesterday, in a win for native communities that have long fought against oil and mining projects on their land.
Dear Editor, Our President’s second consecutive clean bill of health is welcome news.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Brazil will start talks on joining the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries in July in Saudi Arabia, but does not expect to achieve membership this year, Brazil’s energy minister said yesterday during a visit to India.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Prime Minister Andrew Holness and United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo yesterday afternoon faced four questions from members of the media following bilateral talks at Jamaica House.
HARARE, (Reuters) – Angelo Mathews scored a maiden test double-century as Sri Lanka took control of the first test against Zimbabwe at the close of day four at the Harare Sports Club yesterday.
Ranks of the Joint Services on Tuesday attended a “study day” where they presented their preparations ahead of the upcoming General and Regional Elections.
The families who were left homeless after their home in the East La Penitence Housing Compound partially collapsed are hoping to build temporary shelters in the compound which will house them until they receive the land they were recently promised by the Ministry of Communities.
Two reports published in this newspaper over the past seven days demonstrate the stagnation in thought that hinders progress.
